MATH IS FOR THE BIRDS! Part 1
Black Capped Chickadee An Invitation to Urban Birdwatching Author, activity designer and photographer: Amanda Fritzlan Sitting on the back steps of my home in East Vancouver earlier this week, I was visited by four different kinds of birds. I identified them using a guide to birds in Vancouver. European Starling Bushtit House Finches The house […]
Math is for the Plant 2
Author: Qiaochu (Joy) Xu Let’s see what happened in the last two weeks since we water plant the scraps! Which plant burgeons first in your small garden? What shape does lettuce grow into? What is the earliest evidence of plant growing? Which plant grows faster than you expected? Can you graph the growing patterns? […]
Math is for the Plants 1
Author: Qiaochu (Joy) Xu It’s always exciting to check out how much the plants grown over a night/week, and I believe it would be so interesting to track and graph their growth! Think about what plants do you want to grow…? Here are some vegetables that you could easily grow from kitchen scraps: Avocado, hot pepper, lemon […]
Adventure of Paper Cutting
by Qiaochu (Joy) Xu and Michelle Li Theme: Creating a series of papercraft through paper cutting Goal: Appreciate the beauty of patterns and symmetry while creating crafts Materials: colored paper, scissors, coloring materials, and these handouts printed Curricular Competencies: Model mathematics in contextualized experiences (Grade 3) Use reasoning to explore and make connections […]
The Card Game You Can’t Lose
*(except when you do) This is a game you can play quite easily with a standard deck of cards, and if you know the right strategy for it, you almost never lose. The game is played by two players. The players will only consider the colour of the cards and predict a sequence of three […]
Clap at 7
CLAP AT 7 Problem list
Number Sort
Number Sort For Publish
What Shapes Can You Make?
Sukhwinder and Evelyn Theme: Shape Exploration Level: Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Goal: To develop geometry sense in early childhood Objectives: To inspire the natural curiosity of children towards geometrical ideas of mathematics. To inspire the interest of the students to explore their imagination in the different arrangement of geometrical shapes. Materials: Two square sheets, scissors, clay […]
Bliss
Bliss – 3 Act Task Teaching Notes – Charli-Rae Dougherty Bliss – 3 Act Task (Copy) – Charli-Rae Dougherty
Joy Jars
Joy Jars Three Act Task Teacher Handout by Cassie